housing development
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of housing development
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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She talked to AFP from Winchester, near Southampton, where she was filming a new housing development.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Rucci searched for land along Imperial Valley’s towering power lines and cobbled together dusty lots in an abandoned industrial area next to a giant Homeland Security complex and a housing development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Ray Yu, the company's co-owner, said one housing development was so popular with customers in East Asia it was known as "mini-China".
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
In the spring of 2021, a 25-year-old man was summoned to help a friend in a confrontation at a low-income housing development in Middletown, Connecticut.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
So, let's see, the new housing development on Maple Terrace.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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